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CVE-2022-26916:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-26916 is a Windows Fax Compose Form Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that was disclosed on April 12, 2022. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 (Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating moderate severity with network vector access, high attack complexity, and no authentication required for exploitation. The vulnerability is unique from related issues CVE-2022-26917 and CVE-2022-26918 (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple Windows versions. Patches are available through various KB updates including KB5012653 for Windows 10 1507, KB5012596 for Windows 10 1607, KB5012647 for Windows 10 1809, KB5012591 for Windows 10 1909, KB5012599 for Windows 10 20H2/21H1/21H2, KB5012592 for Windows 11 21H2, and corresponding updates for Windows Server versions (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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